Can't Seem to Come Down: The American Sounds of 1968

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Clamshell box with CDs in individual card sleeves and 48-page booklet with biographical details, rare photos and quotes

Other Identifiers
Rights Society: MCPS
Matrix / Runout (CD 1): CRSEG3BOX148-1 52 A00
Mastering SID Code (CD 1): IFPI L556
Mould SID Code (CD 1): IFPI 94K3
Matrix / Runout (CD 2): CRSEG3BOX148-2 13 A00
Mastering SID Code (CD 2): IFPI L553
Mould SID Code (CD 2): IFPI 94K4
Matrix / Runout (CD 3): CRSEG3BOX148-3 34 A00
Mastering SID Code (CD 3): IFPI L551
Mould SID Code (CD 3): IFPI 94K8

Annotation last modified on 2024-08-31 23:22 UTC.

Tracklist

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1▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Fresh Garbage
Spirit3:14
2Come Alive
Things to Come3:02
3The Shoemaker of Leatherwear Square
recording of:
The Shoemaker of Leatherwear Square
writer:
Paul Leka and Shelley Pinz
The Lemon Pipers42:02
4Come Ride, Come Ride
The Merry‐Go‐Round2:50
5Draft Morning
recording of:
Draft Morning
writer:
David Crosby, Chris Hillman and Roger McGuinn
The Byrds2:39
6All Along the Watchtower
engineer:
Charlie Bragg
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
bass:
Charlie McCoy (white blues harmonica player, 1960s-present) (on 1967-11-06)
drums (drum set):
Kenneth Buttrey (on 1967-11-06)
guitar, harmonica and lead vocals:
Bob Dylan (on 1967-11-06)
recording of:
All Along the Watchtower (on 1967-11-06)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1967-10 until 1967-11)
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946), EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Sony Music Publishing (worldwide except Japan, ended 1995) and Dwarf Music (from 1968 to present)
Bob Dylan4.152:32
7Here She Comes Now
recording of:
Here She Comes Now
lyricist:
Lou Reed
composer:
John Cale (The Velvet Underground founder), Sterling Morrison, Lou Reed and Moe Tucker
The Velvet Underground2:04
8No Regrets
engineer:
Brooks Arthur and Bruce Botnick
producer:
Arthur Gorson
bass guitar:
Bob Bushnell and Joe Mack (bassist)
bass guitar and classical guitar:
Jonathan Raskin
drums (drum set):
Bernard “Pretty” Purdie
electric guitar:
Eric Gale, Hugh McCracken and Don Thomas (US guitarist, singer songwriter)
guitar:
Bruce Langhorne and Tom Rush
keyboard:
Paul Harris (American keyboardist/pianist session player)
membranophone:
Herb Lovelle and Richie Ritz
saxophone:
Joe Grimm (flute and saxophone player) and Buddy Lucas (Tenor saxophonist / vocalist / harmonica player)
vocals:
Tom Rush
orchestra:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
conductor:
Paul Harris (American keyboardist/pianist session player)
arranger:
Paul Harris (American keyboardist/pianist session player)
recording of:
No Regrets
lyricist and composer:
Tom Rush
publisher:
BMG Bumblebee (BMI) (a BMI‐affiliated publishing entity of BMG Rights Management), Essex International, Tubbs Hill Music and Westminster Music Ltd.
Tom Rush4.53:53
9Everybody's Next One
producer:
Gabriel Mekler
recording of:
Everybody's Next One
writer:
John Kay (lead singer of Steppenwolf) and Gabriel Mekler
publisher:
Trousdale Music Publishers, Inc.
sub-publisher:
Universal Music Publishing France (not for release label use!)
Steppenwolf32:58
10Thing in 'E'
Savage Resurrection3:05
11You Can't Erase a Mirror
Children of the Mushroom3:01
12Which End Is Up
The Diamond Rings2:38
13Words of the Raven
Piece Kor2:43
14Who Needs the Peace Corps
The Mothers of Invention2:36
15Pretty Song From Psych-Out
Strawberry Alarm Clock3:18
16Three O'Clock Merrian Webster Time
The Nomads3:19
17Strawberry Tuesday
Sidewalk Skipper Band2:49
18Silver Birch
recording of:
Silver Birch
writer:
Jonathan Perkins (US songwriter) and Del Shannon
Del Shannon3:09
19Delilah
Brian Hyland3:10
20You Are Your Only Mystery
The Baroque Monthly3:09
21Freaky Girl
Spontaneous Corruption2:40
22The Garden of Earthly Delights
recording of:
The Garden of Earthly Delights
writer:
Joseph Byrd (arranger, writer, conductor) and Dorothy Moskowitz
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc.
The United States of America42:40
23Dedicated Music Man
Mortimer3:27
24Fields of People
recording of:
Fields of People
composer:
Wyatt Day and Jon Pierson
publisher:
Warner/Chappell North America
Ars Nova2:55
25The Setting of Despair
Crystal Chandelier2:44
26Dark Star (single version)
Grateful Dead2:42
27Tin Angel (Will You Ever Come Down)
Hearts and Flowers4:36
2▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1When I Arrive
We the People3:05
2(Poor Old) Mr. Jensen
co-producer:
Elliot Chirput
producer:
Jeff Katz (music producer) and Jerry Kasenetz
bass guitar:
Steve Mortkowitz
guitar:
Frank Jeckell and Pat (Scaramuche Quackenbush) Karwan
membranophone:
Floyd Marcus
organ:
Mark Gutkowski
recording of:
(Poor Old) Mr. Jensen
writer:
Jerry Kasenetz, Jeff Katz (music producer) and David Taxin
publisher:
Kaskat Music Inc.
1910 Fruitgum Co.2:19
3Just a Taste
Kaleidoscope2:15
4The Face
The Human Beinz2:44
5Eighteen Is Over the Hill
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band2:43
6Summer
The Lemon Fog3:48
7Awake in a Dream
The Critters2:25
8Rupert White
Eternity’s Children2:10
9Light Your Windows
recording of:
Light Your Windows
writer:
Gary Duncan (guitarist with Quicksilver Messenger Service) and David Freiberg
publisher:
Mobetta Music (publisher)
Quicksilver Messenger Service2:37
10Three-Part Invention (Too Many Trees in the Forest)
Phoenix Trolley2:18
11Laughing Stock
engineer:
John Haeny
producer:
Arthur Lee
recorded at:
Sunset Sound Recorders in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1968-01-30 until 1968-01-31)
recording of:
Laughing Stock
lyricist and composer:
Arthur Lee
Love2:33
12Little Bird
recording of:
Little Bird
writer:
Steve Kalinich (songwriter) and Dennis Wilson (Beach Boys)
The Beach Boys2:00
13Oscillations
Silver Apples2:49
14Shadows
The Electric Prunes2:23
15You're in My Mind
Graf Zepplin2:40
16Dark Is the Bark
The Left Banke3:31
17Cowboys and Indians
October Country2:16
18The Island
The Millennium3:23
19Wheel of Changes
The Wind in the Willows4:03
20Lantern Gospel
World Column3:31
21This Wheel's on Fire
recording of:
This Wheel’s on Fire
lyricist:
Bob Dylan (in 1967)
composer:
Rick Danko (in 1967)
publisher:
Dwarf Music (from 1967 to present)
The Band3:13
22In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (single edit)
Iron Butterfly2:55
23P. S. (Prognosis Stegnosis)
The Truth3:16
24Green Knight
The Movement3:01
25Paisley Haze
The Vectors2:31
26Never Sad
The Sunstone Lollypop2:40
27Trust
The Peppermint Trolley Company2:39
28Can't Seem to Come Down
Mother's Worry2:55
3▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Questions
recording engineer:
Adrian Barber (producer/engineer), Phil Iehle and Jim Messina (on 1968-02-16)
producer:
Jim Messina and Stephen Stills
bass, organ, piano and lead vocals:
Stephen Stills (on 1968-02-16)
drums (drum set):
Jim Karstein (on 1968-02-16)
guitar:
Richie Furay (on 1968-02-16) and Stephen Stills (on 1968-02-16)
recorded at:
Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1968-02-16)
recording of:
Questions (on 1968-02-16)
lyricist and composer:
Stephen Stills
publisher:
Cotillion Music Inc. (BMI), Richie Furay Music (BMI) and Springalo Toones (BMI)
Buffalo Springfield42:58
2Satisfy You (single mix)
The Seeds2:07
3Maypole
The Children2:50
4Johann Sebastian Cheetah
The Yankee Dollar3:05
5Crystal Liaison
The Fugs3:37
6Everything's Changing
Kak4:06
7Feathers From Your Tree
Blue Cheer3:32
8Lasy Day on Earth
Velvet Haze2:22
9Daystar
SRC4:28
10Mobius Trip
H.P. Lovecraft2:47
11Safe as Milk
recording of:
Safe as Milk
lyricist and composer:
Don van Vliet
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd., Lupus Music and Lupus Music Co. Ltd
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band5:30
12I'll Drive You From My Mind
The Fallen Angels4:27
13Mr. Tripp Wouldn't Listen
The Little Boy Blues3:43
14Back of Your Mind
Nazz43:48
15Psychedelic Movement
The Ravelles2:33
16Crowd Pleaser
The Yellow Payges2:25
17I Want to Hold Your Hand (alternative take 2)
The Moving Sidewalks3:26
18Hell Will Take Care of You
The Brass Buttons3:00
19Turn Around
producer:
Lenny Waronker
The Beau Brummels3:02
20Johnny Silver's Ride
Glad3:24
21Rich Man's Fable
Merrell Fankhauser & H.M.S. Bounty2:21
22Crimson and Clover
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1968)
recording of:
Crimson and Clover
writer:
Tommy James (American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer) and Pete Lucia Jr.
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music, EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Planetary Nom (publisher) and Big Seven Music Corp. (in 1987)
Tommy James & the Shondells3:29
23An Elegy
The Free Design3:25
24Can You Dig It
The Monkees3:25

Credits

Release

liner notes:David Wells (British compiler/producer)
mastering:Simon Murphy (mastering engineer)
compiler:David Wells (British compiler/producer)
design:Andy Morten
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/31375234 [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/mr0006382413 [info]